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@Langkasukan

You seem to be interested in the problems in Indonesia.

How about opening a thread to discuss some of the hot issues in Malaysia such as the 1MDB?

Sure, Indonesia has their problems. I believe so do Malaysia, right?

Are you willing to take up my challenge?

hahaha...
and the keywords is: Songlap, Tongkat, 1MDB, MO1, Jibby, Kak Ros, ISA, Rasuah, umno, PAS, BN, Bumi, enjin jet fighter hilang, submarine cant sink, vitaberapi, kangkong, etc.

and the most favourite quote is: " You tak suka, You keluar!" lol!!!...
 
hahaha...
and the keywords is: Songlap, Tongkat, 1MDB, MO1, Jibby, Kak Ros, ISA, Rasuah, umno, PAS, BN, Bumi, enjin jet fighter hilang, submarine cant sink, vitaberapi, kangkong, etc.

and the most favourite quote is: " You tak suka, You keluar!" lol!!!...
you miss 1 bro... Johari :bunny:
 
hahaha...
and the keywords is: Songlap, Tongkat, 1MDB, MO1, Jibby, Kak Ros, ISA, Rasuah, umno, PAS, BN, Bumi, enjin jet fighter hilang, submarine cant sink, vitaberapi, kangkong, etc.

and the most favourite quote is: " You tak suka, You keluar!" lol!!!...

you miss 1 bro... Johari :bunny:
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This is an international forum and English is required.

I don't understand some of the terms. Google translate is not that good and sometimes gives misleading results.

Can you give me their English version?

I will open a new thread for Langkasukan to amuse himself. I suspect that he is also Umnoputra.

Hahahaha ... As a senior member and mod in this forum (???) ...you look very "naive" to respond my comment ...or can you open a new thread to further discuss that issue (as your proposed) ... :cheesy:
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LOL. That's sounds like you are scared and giving a silly excuse.

Oh yes, I am "naive". Any person with half a brain can see what you are trying to do.

Our Indonesian members are now ROTFL.

From what I gather, the Malaysians are corrupted, practices nepotism and discriminate their minorities. Every other civilized country doesn't discriminate their minorities so openly as Malaysia.
 
how can the gov. managed to let the kurs at 13.150 rupiah per US dollar for too long?
 
Global chocolatiers dwarfed in Indonesia as local champions dictate taste

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Multinational chocolatiers have spent almost 20 years trying to crack Indonesia's booming confectionary market, only to build a share that pales in comparison with other emerging economies as long-established local producers fend off foreign incursions.

Nestle SA (NESN.S), Cadbury's owner Mondelez International Inc (MDLZ.O), Mars Inc and Ferrero SpA together hold just one-tenth of a $1 billion market led by homegrown darlings Delfi Ltd (DELF.SI and PT Mayora Indah Tbk (MYOR.JK). In neighboring Malaysia, the foursome commands almost 60 percent.

"The market leader is very strong because it was the first to set the taste for chocolate in Indonesia," Nestle Indonesia confectionary business manager Rully Gumilar told Reuters.

"It's like David fighting Goliath," he said. "It's very big and has huge power, while we are small even though we are a multinational."

Such struggle against a local incumbent is not uncommon among global consumer firms in the world's fourth most-populous country - a tropical archipelago with complex distribution channels, run-down infrastructure and a retail sector dominated by family stores that lack air conditioning to keep goods cool.

But the rewards are potentially huge considering consumption accounts for more than half of a steadily expanding economy, while an increasingly affluent middle class promises ample room for growth.

The chocolate confectionary market is likely to jump 42 percent to 19.5 trillion rupiah ($1.49 billion) in the next three years, data from researcher Mintel showed. That compared with 11.7 percent in the United States where, as in other developed markets, growth has slowed over the past five years.

LOCAL COCOA

Nestle entered Indonesia in 1971 and in the 1990s embarked on a major push in chocolate products, expanding to three brands. Mars and Mondelez began selling chocolate in the early 2000s and, with Ferrero, the four's market share reached 10 percent last year - 1.4 percentage point more than a year prior.

But Delfi set the benchmark taste in the 1950s with its SilverQueen chocolate bars and Ceres chocolate sprinkles, which still feature in the firm's broad line-up. Last year, its market share by sales volume reached 52.7 percent from 48.2 percent.

Such local offerings often cost less to make and so are priced lower. For instance, they tend to contain a greater proportion of cocoa powder, which can be two to three times cheaper than cocoa butter, said Ahmad Zaky Amiruddin, secretary general of the Indonesian Cocoa Industry Association.

Mayora said buying cocoa beans and making chocolate locally also keep prices competitive. In contrast, production at foreign rivals may be part of a more complex, multi-market strategy. Nestle, for instance, imports from its regional halal factory in Malaysia, which sources ingredients from countries including the Ivory Coast.

Indonesians are "very price sensitive", preferring to buy the cheapest of similar products, Amiruddin said.

Delfi's Take-it chocolate fingers, for example, retail at a Jakarta mini-market for 5,500 rupiah ($0.42), around 8 percent less than Nestle's KitKat.

Delfi did not respond to requests for comment.

To fight back, Mondelez is strengthening its marketing and focusing on quality, its Indonesia chocolate brand manager Dini Anggraeni told Reuters. Mars declined to comment; Ferrero did not respond to requests for comment.

Nestle's Gumilar said his firm is trying to find a recipe that balances its global quality standards with local preferences - "the holy grail of the chocolate category" - as well as stepping up product launches and marketing.

"We still want to win," he said. "But it'll be step by step."

If only things like this happen also with other local products...
 
how can the gov. managed to let the kurs at 13.150 rupiah per US dollar for too long?

Gov have no direct influance on BI' policy to maintain and manage forex. With increasing capital inflow that we experience amid Tax Amnesty program, BI can definitely push IDR up against USD, if they choose to do so. Yet they choose to float IDR at 13.xxx range to stabilize and keep IDR competitive to support export. And by doing so, we manage to shore up our foreign exchange reserve.

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Klo liat pergerakannya perhari, bakal lebih dari 1000T sampe akhir bulan september harta yang mungkin dideklarasi.
 
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If only things like this happen also with other local products...

the so called local products, errr

if you driving Kijang or Inova or Ayla or Agya, that's your local products actually

the same thing with Zyrex, Advant, Panasonic and other
 
Bali becomes more popular among Indian tourists
Sabtu, 17 September 2016 16:01 WIB | 115 Views
Pewarta: Fardah

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Bali Island, Indonesias most famous tourist resort, and India, have a striking similarity, namely that both have a Hindu majority population.

The people of Bali, and even those in several parts of Indonesia, also share the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics of India.

Bali and India, however, also have their own unique culture, traditions and characteristics.

It is reported that during his visit to Java and Bali in 1927, Rabindranath Tagore, an Indian poet, was so enamored by Bali that he said, "Wherever I go on the island, I see God."

Then, 23 years later in 1950, Indias then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru hailed Bali as the "Morning of the World".

In the past, Bali was not a favorite destination of Indian tourists. But lately, thanks to intensified promotional activities in India organized by the Indonesian government, the number of Indian tourists visiting Bali has shown a relatively significant surge.

A Wonderful Indonesia campaign, for instance, was organized by the ministry during the Sale Mission India 2016 in Kolkata, India, on August 22, with the objective of attracting more tourists.

In addition to tourist promotion, the Indonesian governments visa free policy has also helped to significantly boost the number of foreign tourists. India is one of the nearly 100 countries that receive the visa-free facility.

The Indonesian government hopes to attract some 12 million foreign tourists, including 350 thousand from India, this year.

With a population four times that of Indonesia, or the worlds second largest after China, India is a potential market for the Southeast Asian nations tourism industry.

A majority of Indian tourists head for Bali when they visit Indonesia. Besides Bali, Jakarta and Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara also receive a large number of Indian tourists.

From January to July 2016, the number of Indian tourist arrivals in Bali recorded the highest increase, with 107.046 visitors, or a 59.07 percent rise, from 67.296 in the same period of the previous year.

The Bali tourism office has set a target to receive 4.4 million foreign tourists this year.

The head of Balis Tourism Office, Anak Agung Yuniartha Putra, recently expressed his optimism that with an average number of visits at around 350 thousand per month, the target will be achieved.

Last year, Bali attracted 4.001 million foreign tourists, up 6.24 percent, from 3.76 million recorded in the previous year and surpassing 2015s target of four million foreign visitors.

During the January to July 2016 period, the total number of foreign tourist arrivals in Bali reached 2.75 million or up 19.92 percent, from 2.98 million during the same period last year.

Of the total figure, 2.71 million tourists landed at the Ngurah Rai Airport, and 40.674 arrived at seaports, Head of the Central Statistics Agency of Bali Adi Nugroho stated recently.

Most of the foreign tourists, around 65 percent of the total number, are attracted by the local culture, while the rest are interested in Balis beautiful panorama.

The number of foreign tourists from seven countries showed a significant increase during the first seven months of this year.

The largest in number were those from Australia, followed by China, Japan, Britain, India and Malaysia.

A total of 645,730 Australians spent their holidays in Bali during the January-July 2016 period, up 13.89 percent from 566,983 during the same period last year.

The number of tourists from China reached 564,526, up 33.48 percent, from 422,022; Japan, 127,276 (up 2.60 percent, from 124,051); the United Kingdom, 120,476 (up 40.05 percent, from 86,024); the United States, 98,594 (up 31.61 percent, from 74,911); and France, 89,161 (up 27.36 percent, from 70,008).

The number of tourists from Malaysia visiting Bali dropped by 8.02 percent, from 111,001 to 102,098; South Korea, by 5.84 percent, from 89,394 to 84,177; and Singapore, by 6.63 percent, from 83,544 to 78,077.

A survey by a credit card issuer entitled "Asia Pacific Destinations Index (APDI)" said Bali is one of the most popular destinations in Southeast Asia and it is to be visited by more than 7 million foreign tourists with spending of around US$11 billion in 2016.

Earlier, in its December 2015 edition, the New York-based Travel+Leisure Magazine placed Bali in the second place with a score of 88.98 in the ratings of the worlds best islands.

Galapagos Islands of Ecuador was in the top with the highest score of 90.82, and Maldives in the third rank with a score of 88.53.

"I am very proud of Bali for being selected as one of the worlds best islands," Tourism Minister Arief Yahya commented in early January 216.

Besides, Bali has also become a favorite place for MICE (meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition) tourism, thanks to the security and convenience it offers to the visitors.(*)

http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/106758/bali-becomes-more-popular-among-indian-tourists
 
the so called local products, errr

if you driving Kijang or Inova or Ayla or Agya, that's your local products actually

the same thing with Zyrex, Advant, Panasonic and other

I only know Zyrex.

About the cars... Well, they are still under the Jap's brand, right?
 
actually the owner Indonesian company
What I'm trying to say is, the cars and their local factories (Astra, Auto2000) are still under the flag of the main automakers, which are Japanese... aren't they?

Enlighten me, ma'am...
 
What I'm trying to say is, the cars and their local factories (Astra, Auto2000) are still under the flag of the main automakers, which are Japanese... aren't they?

Enlighten me, ma'am...

no, the owner is still Indonesian which hold the largest share in equity stocks, the flag is borrowed ones under joint co-production and partnerships. The quality production and finishing is so different with the "true" Japanese made cars, so sub standards if i may frankly

everything about ASTRA is actually Indonesian

https://www.astra.co.id/Profile/About-Astra/Astra-Organization-Structure
 
no, the owner is still Indonesian which hold the largest share in equity stocks, the flag is borrowed ones under joint co-production and partnerships. The quality production and finishing is so different with the "true" Japanese made cars, so sub standards if i may frankly

everything about ASTRA is actually Indonesian

https://www.astra.co.id/Profile/About-Astra/Astra-Organization-Structure

I see...

That is why I said that I hope the success of local snack-maker titans can be duplicated by ANY GENUINE local product.
 
I see...

That is why I said that I hope the success of local snack-maker titans can be duplicated by ANY GENUINE local product.

well actually i don't bother about the brands, as long as they got the quality upright and can be competitive in price and services
 
well actually i don't bother about the brands, as long as they got the quality upright and can be competitive in price and services

BIGGER
support and seriousness, are all they need.

This topic makes me wanna ask about Pertamina...

Once again, enlighten me, ma'am..
 

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